Axiom Space
private American aerospace company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Axiom Space, Inc. is an American company which plans to create segments to attach to the International Space Station and later create a new Space station. It also plans to run private trips into, for example AX-1, with SpaceX.
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Axiom Space Station
Axiom Space plans to create segments to attach to the ISS and increase the number of their segments in space until they separate their segments from the ISS, which will create their own separate space station.
Missions
The mission names start with "AX" which stands for Axiom Space, followed by the mission number.
AX-1
8 April 2022 to 25 April 2022: Axiom-1 mission used space capsule Resilience. The crew was
Michael López-Alegría- Larry Connor
Mark Pathy
Eytan Stibbe[2]
AX-1 will be the first time that a mission to the ISS where commercial companies are the only mission operators and managers. It will cost US$55 million to send each person to the ISS.[5]
AX-2
In May 2023, the Ax-2 flight started, and it got into orbit (on its way to ISS). It is a commercial flight. The astronauts are
- Peggy Whitson[6]
John Shoffner[6]
Ali AlQarni,[6]
Rayyanah Barnawi[6] the country's first female astronaut
- Peggy Whitson[6]
A CrewDragon 2 spacecraft is being used.
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